inthe00s
The Pop Culture Information Society...

These are the messages that have been posted on inthe00s over the past few years.

Check out the messageboard archive index for a complete list of topic areas.

This archive is periodically refreshed with the latest messages from the current messageboard.




Check for new replies or respond here...

Subject: hey...anyone here like the PBS show ELECTRIC COMPANY?

Written By: Tony20fan4ever on 07/21/05 at 9:03 pm

Anyone else here watch THE ELECTRIC COMPANY when you were younger?

pretty d@mn FUNNY for an 'educational' show...

and many cast members of Electric Company were Laugh-In regulars!!

Subject: Re: hey...anyone here like the PBS show ELECTRIC COMPANY?

Written By: Dagwood on 07/21/05 at 9:40 pm

I loved The Electric Company.  It is still strange to see Morgan Freeman and think that my first exposure to him was his being Easy Reader.

Subject: Re: hey...anyone here like the PBS show ELECTRIC COMPANY?

Written By: ADH13 on 07/21/05 at 10:03 pm



YES!  I used to watch it right after Mr. Rogers Neighborhood!

Subject: Re: hey...anyone here like the PBS show ELECTRIC COMPANY?

Written By: ktelqueen on 07/21/05 at 11:10 pm

hey you GUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYS!!!!!!!!!!! :D.um,yes  ;)

Subject: Re: hey...anyone here like the PBS show ELECTRIC COMPANY?

Written By: Tony20fan4ever on 07/21/05 at 11:13 pm

I often wonder how the Laugh-In regulars got involved with the show...anyways it was brilliant having those zanies on there.

And the humor was NOT 'dumbed down'....

I think Laugh-In was taped at the same studios as Electric Company....

Subject: Re: hey...anyone here like the PBS show ELECTRIC COMPANY?

Written By: Tony20fan4ever on 07/31/05 at 5:33 pm

The show's theme song is playing in my head now..."We're gonna turn it on...we're gonna bring you the power' I forget the rest of it...anyone's help would be great..

Subject: Re: hey...anyone here like the PBS show ELECTRIC COMPANY?

Written By: ktelqueen on 07/31/05 at 5:38 pm


The show's theme song is playing in my head now..."We're gonna turn it on...we're gonna bring you the power' I forget the rest of it...anyone's help would be great..


HEY YOU GUYS!

We're gonna turn it on.
We're gonna bring you the power
We're gonna light up the dark of night like the brightest day in a whole new way
We're gonna turn it on we're gonna bring you the power
It's coming down the lines, strong as they can be
Through the courtesy of The Electric Company
The Electric Company.

The Electric Company!


;)

i may still have the song file somewhere if you'd like it  :)

Subject: Re: hey...anyone here like the PBS show ELECTRIC COMPANY?

Written By: Tony20fan4ever on 07/31/05 at 6:37 pm


HEY YOU GUYS!

We're gonna turn it on.
We're gonna bring you the power
We're gonna light up the dark of night like the brightest day in a whole new way
We're gonna turn it on we're gonna bring you the power
It's coming down the lines, strong as they can be
Through the courtesy of The Electric Company
The Electric Company.

The Electric Company!


;)

i may still have the song file somewhere if you'd like it :)
Thanx...

Subject: Re: hey...anyone here like the PBS show ELECTRIC COMPANY?

Written By: La Sine Pesroh on 07/31/05 at 7:04 pm

I liked the Electric Company, and I wish some network would show reruns of it someday. However, there was this one segment (which was a takeoff of 2001: A Space Odyssey) where this giant yellow monolith would come flyiing out of space and then shatter to reveal a word, and for some reason this scared the crap out of me when I was a kid. (It was most likely because of the imposing Strauss theme that accompanied the segment.)

Subject: Re: hey...anyone here like the PBS show ELECTRIC COMPANY?

Written By: Tony20fan4ever on 07/31/05 at 7:54 pm

One of the show's skits was a parody of "The Six Million Dollar Man"..The Six Dollar Thirty Nine Cent Man LOLOLOLOL!

Subject: Re: hey...anyone here like the PBS show ELECTRIC COMPANY?

Written By: guest on 07/31/05 at 7:56 pm

Loved it...but don't really think they became Laugh In regulars as EC was in NYCity and Laugh In was in Burbank CA....there is a website for all things about the EC and I also liked  the OLD 'ZOOM' show there was a web site to tell you where the old ZOOM cast is now and what they became....

Ahh memories!

Subject: Re: hey...anyone here like the PBS show ELECTRIC COMPANY?

Written By: Tony20fan4ever on 07/31/05 at 8:29 pm

Laugh-In was first..and at least some Laugh-In alumni ended up on Electric Company.

Also EC's early episodes were indeed taped at the same facility...

Both shows,for those who are curious,were taped with an IVC helical-scan videotape recorder rather than the standard format at the time which was "quadruplex"....I won't go into detail here coz it's very complex...

Subject: Re: hey...anyone here like the PBS show ELECTRIC COMPANY?

Written By: CatwomanofV on 08/02/05 at 11:16 am

I watched the Electric Co. all the time. A few years back, I got a CD of Tom Lehrer that has "L-Y" and "Silent E" on it.  ;D



Who can turn a can into a cane?
Who can turn a pan into a pane?
It's not too hard to see
It's Silent E

Who can turn a cub into a cube?
Who can turn a tub into a tube?
It's elementary
For Silent E

He took a pin and turned it into pine
He took a twin and turned him into twine

Who can turn a cap into a cape?
Who can turn a tap into a tape?
A little glob becomes a globe instantly
If you just add Silent E

He turned a dam - Alikazam! - into a dame
But my friend Sam stayed just the same

Who can turn a man into a mane?
Who can turn a van into a vane?
A little hug becomes huge instantly
Don't add W, don't add X, and don't add Y or Z,
Just add Silent E




Cat

Subject: Re: hey...anyone here like the PBS show ELECTRIC COMPANY?

Written By: robby76 on 08/02/05 at 11:21 am

The Best of Electric Company is coming to DVD.

Subject: Re: hey...anyone here like the PBS show ELECTRIC COMPANY?

Written By: lilleo1968 on 08/09/05 at 6:49 am

I love it.  I wish I could purchase full season dvd's of it.  It was excellent.

Subject: Re: hey...anyone here like the PBS show ELECTRIC COMPANY?

Written By: GREEN67 on 08/09/05 at 3:56 pm

;D  I loved The Electric Co!!..Morgan Freeman was ( still is )..great!!

Subject: Re: hey...anyone here like the PBS show ELECTRIC COMPANY?

Written By: Tam on 08/10/05 at 1:37 am


HEY YOU GUYS!

We're gonna turn it on.
We're gonna bring you the power
We're gonna light up the dark of night like the brightest day in a whole new way
We're gonna turn it on we're gonna bring you the power
It's coming down the lines, strong as they can be
Through the courtesy of The Electric Company
The Electric Company.

The Electric Company!


;)

i may still have the song file somewhere if you'd like it  :)


Leave it to you Girl to know ALL the dang words!  ;D

Subject: Re: hey...anyone here like the PBS show ELECTRIC COMPANY?

Written By: Howard on 08/15/14 at 6:46 am

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TFYMijdQ_sA

Check for new replies or respond here...